David Gregory mocked the NRA's Wayne LaPierre for proposing that armed guards be at every school in America. But the NBC host seems to have no problem with armed guards protecting his kids everyday where they attend school in Washington, D.C.

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The Gregory children go to school with the children of President Barack Obama, according to the Washington Post. That school is the co-ed Quaker school Sidwell Friends.

According to a scan of the school's online faculty-staff directory, Sidwell has a security department made up of at least 11 people. Many of those are police officers, who are presumably armed.

LA school district is the the second largest in the nation, or at least right up there. All high schools have police asigned to every campus. Have had for years. Will take action to protect via armed police, the rest of the schools soon and already have increased drive by patrols. Why don’t liberals know their facts either.

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posted on 12/23/2012 4:10:02 PM PST
by pacpam
(action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)

As OBrien passed the telescreen a thought seemed to strike him. He stopped, turned aside and pressed a switch on the wall. There was a sharp snap. The voice had stopped.
Julia uttered a tiny sound, a sort of squeak of surprise. Even in the midst of his panic, Winston was too much taken aback to be able to hold his tongue.
You can turn it off! he said.
Yes, said OBrien, we can turn it off. We have that privilege.

You proles aren’t even outer party so just shut up, pay your taxes and send your kids and grand-kids off to the gun-free indoctrination centers & killing zones.

We need more of this hypocracy out there for all to see. Mark Levine encouraged his audience to search out congress criminals and thier families, who's carrying, who has other guns at home and what they are. Apparently you need to disarm while they protect thier sorry a##es. It is time to have some fun! Out the gun ban cretans.

April 16, 2000 LA Times article tells of President Bill Clinton making available federal grants to hire armed guards at schools to help protect our children on the anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

Wait a minute, federally funded armed guards are good if they are recommended by Clinton, but a Neanderthal idea if proposed by the NRA? So the content of the information isn't what makes something good or bad, it is who says the information.

More people need to know that what Wayne LaPierre suggested is what some beloved Democratic party leaders have suggested. What people also need to know is that truth doesn't matter, protecting our children doesn't matter, what matters to the left is gotcha politics.

America is going to get a symbolic solution that will produce no meaningful results because nothing else is possible without cooperation b all sides on the issue.

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posted on 12/23/2012 5:08:56 PM PST
by Robert357
(D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)

The solution is allow concealed carry at schools. That would not cost the tax payer much and would be very effective.

The real advantage of the concealed carry option is that until its pulled, no one knows who has one.

Armed guards can be spotted, distracted, eliminated, or just worked around. If the bad guys don't know who has what, planning one of their murderous escapades becomes much more difficult and problematical.

Even schools where no one carries will still benefit.

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posted on 12/23/2012 5:51:31 PM PST
by Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)

I’m sorry I missed the exchange between Gregory and Wayne LaPierre on Meet the Press. I’m in the process of moving into a new house and trying to get ready for the holidays, so I didn’t check FR until late today, AFTER my oldest daughter ran into Gregory in the Charlotte airport. She said a lot of passengers were fawning over the guy; if I had known about his comments to Mr. LaPierre, I would have told her to ask Gregory about the armed guards at the private school attended by his children. She thinks Gregory is an ass and would have no problem embarrassing him in front of his “admirers.”

One more thing: that eleven member security team at Sidwell Friends is just the tip of the iceberg. With Obama’s daughters enrolled, there is a continuous Secret Service presence as well, and I’m guessing tax dollars have been spent to upgrade school security, just as the agency makes modifications at the homes of former presidents who still receive protection.

It’s also rather interesting that Gregory’s wife is a former general counsel for Fannie Mae who resigned from the organization after it imploded in 2008. Naturally, she was never sanctioned or faced criminal charges, and quickly became a partner at a major NYC law firm.

My daughter also found it curious that Mr. Gregory was on a flight to Lexington, KY today, traveling by himself. No family in tow, and no camera crew in tow. I wasn’t aware of any breaking news out of Lexington today, certainly nothing that would require the presence of an NBC News star. I also can’t find anything in Gregory’s bio (or his wife’s) that mentions any ties to the Commonwealth. Perhaps some KY FReepers can do a little digging.

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